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Breaking the Dead Silence: Book Launch Bristol

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A book launch in the same building as the toppled statue memorialising Edward Colston. ‘Breaking the Dead Silence: Engaging with the Legacies of Empire and Slave-Ownership in Bath and Bristol’s Memoryscapes’, published by Liverpool University Press, 19 diverse voices explore esonances and reverberations on the aftermath of the racist murder of George Floyd and the toppling of a statue to slave trader, Edward Colston, in Bristol. Three chapters are about different approaches to walking in the memoryscape and attending to reluctant sites of memory, one written by artist-reseacher Richard White. The launch is an opportunity to meet authors and continue discussion on the issues raised in the book. The book is available as a free download from the publisher

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2024-10-16 18:00
2024-10-16 18:00

Hosted by: Richard White and Christina Horvath
M Shed, Wapping Road, Bristol, UK

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